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Re:US federal appeals court reverses Galaxy Nexus sales ban by marshray on Thursday October 11, 2012 @03:10PM (#4642243)
When they say "the district court abused its discretion in determining that Apple established a sufficient causal nexus" could they really be saying the district court didn't have the authority to make this determination?
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Re:US federal appeals court reverses Galaxy Nexus sales ban by stock_toaster on Thursday October 11, 2012 @03:17PM (#4642272)
Sounds more like they felt the court did have the authority, but did not make a ruling based enough on facts and established case law.

This seems somewhat relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discretion#Abuse_of_discretion

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